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BY 
IVAN  LEE  HOLT 


Reprinted  from 

The  American  Journal  of  Semitic  Languages  and  Literatures 

Vol.  XXVII,  No.  3,  April  191 1 


XTbe  'Glniversiti^  ot  Cbicaoo 

FOUNDED   BY  JOHN    D     ROCKEFELLER 


TABLETS  FROM  THE  R.  CAMPBELL 
THOMPSON  COLLECTION  IN  HAS- 
KELL ORIENTAL  MUSEUM 


A  DISSERTATION 

SUBMITTED   TO   THE   FACULTY   OF   THE    GRADUATE   SCHOOL   OF   ARTS 

AND   LITERATURE   IN   CANDIDACY  FOR   THE   DEGREE 

OF   DOCTOR   OF   PHILOSOPHY 

(DEPARTMENT    OF    SEMITIC    LANGUAGES    AND    LITERATURES) 


BY 

IVAN   LEE   HOLT 


Reprinted  from 

The  American  Journal  of  Semitic  Languages  and  Literatures 

Vol.  XXVII,  No.  3,  April  191 1 


EXCHANGE 


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SEMITIC  LANGUAGES  AND  LITERATURES 

(CONTINUING   HEBRAICA) 


THE  AMERICAN  JOURNAL 

OF 


Volume  XXVII  APllIL,    1911  Number  3 


TABLETS  FROM  THE  R.  CAMPBELL  THOMPSON  COL- 
LECTION IN  HASKELL  ORIENTAL  MUSEUM, 
THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  CHICAGO 

By  Ivan  Lee  Holt 

St.  Louis,  Mo. 

The  tablets  here  published  belong  to  a  collection  presented 
to  the  University  of  Chicago  in  1908,  by  Mr.  R.  Campbell 
Thompson,  formerly  assistant  profes&pr  of  the  Semitic  lan- 
guages in  the  LTniversity.  It  is  a'ow;,  k;no^3l'  as  'the ;  Ri'C.T. 
Collection  and  contains,  in  addition" 'tcA  th(i '  tablets  herein  pub- 
lished, (1)  a  few  other  badly  broken  contract  tablets;  (2)  about 
fifty  fragments  of  tablets,  including  the  fragments  of  many 
astronomical  texts;  (3)  nearly  two  hundred  cones  or  fragments 
of  cones  of  Gudea. 

Most  of  the  tablets  are  in  a  poor  state  of  preservation  ;  many 
crumble  in  the  hands,  while  several  others  have  been  rubbed  so 
badly  that  the  text  is  scarcely  legible.  This  has  rendered  work 
on  them  very  difficult.  Few  restorations  have  been  made  ;  these 
are  inclosed  in  brackets  in  the  transliterations.  Every  trace  of 
a  sign  has  been  indicated  in  the  texts. 

ROT,  1 

Transliteration  :  (Obv.)  '  [L  a-du]  I  [L].  ^[L  a]-du  II  [C].  ^L]  a-dd 
III  [CLj.  »[L]  A-DU  IV  [CC|.  ^L  A-DU  V  CCL.  «L  a-du  VI  CCC 
'L  A-DU  VII  CCCL.    *'[L  a]-du  VIII  CCCC.    "[L  a]-du  IX  [CCCCL]. 

19.3 


. 904280 


194  The  American  Journal  of  Semitic  Languages 

'"[L  a1-du  X  |D|.  (Rev.)  '[L]  a-du  XI  |  DL],  ^'[L]  a-du  XII  (DCl.  '[L] 
A-Du  XIII  [DCL].  *[L]  A-DU  XIV  [DCC|.  '[L  a-du  XV  DCCL]  '[h 
A-DU  XVI  DCCC]  '[L  A-DU  XVII  DCCCL.]  ^L  a-du  XVIII  CM.] 
«[L  A-DU  XIX  CML.]     '"[L  A-DU  XX  M.] 

Translation:  (Obv.)  50  X  1  =  50,  50x2=100,  50x3  =  150,  50x4 
=  200,  50X5  =  250,  50x6  =  300,  50x7  =  350,  50x8  =  400,  50x9  =  450, 
50X10  =  500.  (Rev.)  50X11  =  550,  50x12  =  600,  50x13  =  650,  50x14 
=  700,  50x15  =  750,  50x16  =  800,  50x17  =  850,  50x18  =  900,  50x19, 
=  950,  50X20=1, (XX). 

It  is  interesting  to  note  the  method  of  writing  numerals  in 
this  multiplication  table,  Adu  is  the  regular  Sumerian  equiva- 
lent for  the  English  "times,"  German  "Mai."  Cf.  Prince,  SL, 
p.  19.  Its  use  in  the  arithmetical  formulae  of  the  Babylonians 
is  an  indication  of  the  persistent  influence  of  Sumerian  culture 
on  Babylon ;  cf.  Hilprecht,  BE,  XX,  p.  23. 

RCT,  2 

Transliteration:  (Obv.)  'l/2ma-na  3  siklu  kaspi  .  .  .  .  -maru 

sa  -mDa-bi-bi   .   .   .      ^'mMar-duk   .   .   .     Hx^ ^'" 

(Rev.)  'am6i  sang-u -ndNabu  .  .  .  -Babili'^i  ^m Ar-sa-[ka-a  sar 
sarrani]. 

Arab&^j6;note-:  npaj. ;    : 

Translation:*  (ObV;)  ''l'/^  mina   3   shekels   of    silver  .  .  .  ,   son   of 

DabilU  i  :/.:.;',;Miirc|uk  .;  ..'.  .'V.-and (Rev.)  The  priest 

Nabu-  .  .  .  .'  T^aByldu  '. '.'  '.  *.'  Arsaces,  king  of  kings. 

Aramaic  note :   "Writing  of  .    .   ,   ." 

L.  2 :  For  Dabibi  as  a  name  element  cf.  Tallqvist,  Xciibdhij- 
lonisches  Namenbuch*  See  also  Clay,  BE,  VIII,  Part  I,  under 
the  list  of  proper  names.  Rev.  1-3 :  For  other  tablets  from  this 
period  cf.  ZA,  III,  pp.  129  f.  Aramaic  note:  cf.  Stevenson, 
Assijridn  und  B(ibijloni(ui  Contracts,  p.  144,  No.  40. 

RCT,  3 

Transliteration:    (Obv.)  ' '^Bel  ...      - 

apil  '"''Ea-ilutu(-tu)-ibui -^a-na  harrani  inim-ma  ma-la 

ina  eli  Mp-pu-.su  a-hi  ina  ti-tur  '"''Bel-iddin  Mt-ti  Ri-mut- 
tiBel  ik-kal  «a-di  4  siklu  kaspi  pu-ut  zitti  '1/3  Ri-mut-«iBel 
la  epus  sa  eli  Mi'u  kaspi  .sa  harrfini  " '"fiNabu-mudammik 
apil-su  sa  'nfJNabft-taris  apil  ™<iEa-ilutu(-tu)-ibui   '"ameinui- 

*Her  aft'T,  AW. 


Tablets  from  R.  Campbell  Thompson  Collection      195 

kin-nu    niL<i-<i-ba-si-''-Mard u k    apil-su    sa    "»Kab-ti-ia    apil 

inE-cri-bi.       (Hev.)     > l"'RiJ-lmlt-'^Bel     apil-su     sa 

-' [Ea]-ilfttii(-tu)-ibni. 

Translation  :     (Obv.) Bel    .  .  .  ,     

son  of  Ea-ilutu-ibni,  for  a  partnership.  Whatever  therein  they  shall 
make,  a  share  in  this  profit  Bel-iddin  together  with  Rimut-Bel  shall 
enjoy,  up  to  4  shekels  of  silver  for  a  share.  One- third  (of  his  share) 
Riniftt-Bel  has  not  paid  in,  which  (is  specified)  on  the  tablet  of  silver  of 
partnership  of  Nabti-mudammik,  the  son  of  Nabu-taris,  the  son  of 
Ea-ilutu-ibni.     Witnesses  :  Labasi-Marduk  the  son  of  Kabtiya,  the  son 

of  Egibi.     (Rev.) Rimut-Bel,  the  son  of [Ea]-ilutu- 

ibni. 

This  tablet  deals  with  a  partnership.  Bel-iddin  and  Rimut- 
Bel  are  the  contracting  parties  ;  one-third  of  the  latter's  share 
has  not  been  paid  in ;  the  amount  of  income  on  a  share  is  limited. 
L.  3:  harraui  is,  perhaps,  "business  partnership";  cf.  Strass- 
maier,  Nb,  199,  -1,  and  Nbk,  88,  5.  L.  4 :  titur  is  profit,  surplus 
(ini) ;  cf.  Strassmaier,  Nbk,  51,  4,  and  Cijr,  148,  7.  L.  5 : 
ikkal  =  shall  enjoy.  L.  8:  Gis-Li-HU-si-UM  =  li'u,  tablet.  Br., 
1127.  Cf.  Johns,  AssijriaH  Deeds  and  Documents,*  pp.  115 
and  116. 

RCT,  4 

Transliteration:    (Obv.)   ' pi   .  .   .      ^.  .  .  .  ^dggi-erba 

mar  ...  "...  ir-is-ti(?)  ul  si-ni(-ik)?  ...  *.  .  .  a  a^ba 
Addaru  lib-bu-u  ....     ^ mes  .sir  .... 

Translation  :  (Obv.) Bel-erba,  the  son  of 

(?)  not  (be  pressed  together) (?)     .  .  .  month  Addar  in  the 

midst  of 

All  that  can  be  read  with  certainty  in  this  tablet  is  the  proper 
name  in  1.  2.  L.  3:  sinik,  from  sanaku  =  press  together,  close. 
Reading  uncertain.     L.  4  :   libbti  =  ina  libbi. 

RCT,  5 

Transliteration:  '18kaki-me  -a-na  i?pidnu  f  ^lainahirBSl- 
itti-ia  12  ka  mahir    ♦arah  Abu  umu  9  ^an. 

Translation  :  18  ka  of  meal  for  the  table  Bel-ittiya  has  not  received  ; 
he  has  received  12  ka.    Month  Abu,  day  the  ninth. 

♦Hereafter,  ADD. 
t  Written  gi5-da. 


196  The  American  Journal  of  Semitic  Languages 

Bel-ittiya  has  received  only  a  part  of  the  meal  he  ordered  for 
taV)le  use.  gis-da  =  pidiiu  ;  of.  Strassmaier,  Nb,  95,  5;  '219,  2; 
558,  11.  See  also  II  R,  40  a,  b,  4;i,  and  Peiser,  BahyloniscJie 
Vertrdfjc*  p.  802.  LI.  1  and  3:  For  ka  see  Johns,  Babylonian 
and  Assyrian  Laws,  etc.,  pp.  398  and  399,  where  further  litera- 
ture is  cited. 

RCT,  f) 

Transliteration:  (Obv.) '[Ina  hul-iid  lib-]M-[su ^.  .  .  . 

ru-ba  »™^i  mu-ban-nu  ....  ''bit  Samas  sa  Sippara^^'f  ^^^^ 
.  .  .  *arah  Tebetu  u  arah  Addaru  napharu  4  arhu  amel  mu- 
[ban-nuj    Mua   E-babbara(-ra)  u  4  arhe  ....     ''sa    l)it    ^Belit 

Sipparai<i   ki-i   pi-[il  ...      ' tam-mi-kut    umu(-mu) 

sa  .  .  .     ''I'n^'nm-u "m*! (Rev.)  '  Ina  ka-[na kj 

.  .  .     -pani  miiNabii ^mE-sag-[»il]  •  •  •  •    *'"'^Samas-Ea 

■'m^^Nabu-u ''^I'lBel  ....    'apil™ 

Translation  :'  (Obv.)    Willingly the 

architect house  of  Samas  of  Sippar,  month  ....  month  Tebet 

and  month  Adar,  total  4  months,  the  architect  in  Ebabbara  and  4  months 
....  of  the  honse  (temple)  of  Belit  in  Sippar.  According  to  the  agree- 
ment   (it)  fell  down  the  day  of  (or,  claimed  the  day  of) 

(officer) (Rev.)  By  the   seal  of  ...  . 

Before  Nabu  ....  Esaggil-  ....  Samas -Ea-  ....  Nabn-  ....  Bel- 
....  son  of  

From  what  we  have  of  this  tablet  it  seems  to  deal  with  repairs 
by  the  architect  on  the  temples  of  Samas  and  Belit  at  Sippar. 
L.  2:  mnbannu  =  architect;  cf.  Strassmaier,  Nb.  579,  0;  259,  0. 
For  the  participial  formation  see  Tallqvist,  Sprache  der  Contvade 
Nahunaids,  p.  7.  LI.  3  and  0:  ud-kip-nun(ki)  =  Sippar.  L.  4: 
arhn:  this  should  be  read  as  plural  though  it  is  written  without 
the  plural  sign.  L.  7:  tamikut  (tamkut).  Prt.  of  makatu  = 
claim,  in  business  documents. 

RCT,  7 

Transliteration:  (Obv.)' kakkadu    -fXu-ub-ta-a 

marat-su  ^sa  ""dMarduk-sum-ibni  apil  '"Balat-su-^'Samas 
Mna  eli  La-ba-si  apil-su  sa'"|Balat-su]    ^^apiln^E-sag-gil-a-a 

"^ina    ninhhi     I    ma-ni-e  ....     ' lij-rab[bi]  .... 

(Rev.) 'ameimu-kin-nu  .  .  .  -'apil-su  sa  '"La-ba-si  ....  ^nic^Mar- 

*  Hereafter,  BV. 
tWritten,  ud-kip-nun(ki). 


Tablets  from  R.  Campbell  Thompson  Collection       197 

duk-sum-ibui  apil-su  ...    *.  .  .  .  "' Sad-din-nu(?)  ....    ^ 

arabAbu  ftinu20  ....    " ["'Kxi]-ra-.su  sar  ...    " 

sar  matati. 

Translation:     principal  of  Nubta  the  dauf^hter  of 

^rardulv-suin-ibui  tlie  son  of  Bahitsu-Samas,  held  against  Labasi  the  son 

of  Balatsii  the  son  of  Esagila On  one  mina shall 

increase  ....     Witnesses  .   .   .  son  of  Labasi  .  .  .  .  ,  Marduk-snm-il)ni 

the  son  of  ....  ,     ....  Saddinuu(?) month   Abu,   day 

the  twentieth Cyrus,  king king  of  lands. 

The  transactiou  here  recorded  is  a  loan  on  the  part  of  Nubta 
to  Labasi.  L.  1:  kakkadu  =  capital,  principal.  Cf.  Lev.  5,  24, 
rm-^Z.  L.  2:  Nubta:  cf.  AJSL,  XVIII,  p.  253.  Nubta  (my 
bee)  may  be  a  term  of  endearment  and  not  a  survival  of  totemism. 
LI.  6  f . :  The  rate  of  interest  is  unfortunately  lost. 

RCT,  8 

Transliteration:  (Obv.j ' tu^Hi-il-pu  -[marat]sa  "idN^btl- 

ku-sur-su     '^ si  is  turn  ul  si *.  .  .  .  27    ka  se-bar 

i  n  -  n  a  -  d  i  n 

(Rev.)  imdRel-  .  .  .  usur  mdNabu-sum-usur 

Translation: Hilpu  the  daughter  of  Nabu-kusursu  .... 

..(?)..  not 27  ka  of  grain  he  will  pay. 

(Rev.)  Bel-  .  .  .  usur  Nabusum-usur 

The  name  of  only  one  party  to  the  transaction  is  preserved, 
the  lady  Hilpu.  A  payment  of  grain  is  involved.  L.  3:  the 
fragmentary  condition  of  this  line  does  not  warrant  any  transla- 
tion of  it.  There  are  no  less  than  six  seal-impressions  on  this 
piece  of  a  tablet.  Over  each  one  is  written  kunukku  and  under 
one  of  them  is  a  part  of  a  name,  Bel 

RCT,  9 

Transliteration  :  (Obv.) '  ^  ^  >f  abti  -  i  t  - 1  a  n  -  n  u  in  a  r  •»  B  a  - 1  a  -  [t  i 

Mna  hu-ud   lib-bi-su  a-na  i-ti-[ru hia-di-e  dul-lu  sa 

nam-zi-tum  a-di  eli    *ki-[it]  dul-lu-su  a-na  arhiS  siklu  kaspi 

•  •  .     ' ka  bit(?j  ....     (Rev.)    ' 'a -sar 

sa-nam-mu  ....  1/2  ma-na  kaspi  i-nam-din  ^a">^ic^)inu-dii(?) 
'ndBel-uballit(-it)  mar  mdNabu-it-tan-nu  ^^silli-dBel 
am6igal-la  sa  mU-din-na-'  Msten(A-AN)ilku(-u).  (Edge)mdBel- 
uballit(it)  Babiliki  arahAiruumu  IS^au  sa  ttu  lO^an  niAr-[tab- 
sa-as-su  sar  matati].  (End)  ....  dul-lu  sa(?)  id-di-nu  dul- 
lu  


198         The  American  Journal  of  Semitic  Languages 

Translation:    Nabfl-ittannu  the  son  of  Balati willingly  for 

the  payment completing  of  the  work  on  the  vessels;  until  the 

end  of  his  work  (at  the  rate  of)  3  shekels  of  silver  per  month  . , 

In  case  another  ....  he  shall  pay  1/2  mina  of  silver. 

The  artisan(?)  Bel-uballit  the  son  Nabft-ittannu  (and)  Silli-Bel  the  slave 
of  Udinna'  have  received  one  [copy].  Bel-uballit,  Babylon,  month  of 
Ayaru,  day  the  thirteenth,  year  the  tenth  of  Artaxerxes  king  of  lands. 
....  work  of  ...  .  They  have  paid;  work  .... 

Nabti-ittannu  lets  the  contract  for  the  making  of  some  kind  of 
a  vessel,  the  workman  to  receive  3  shekels  of  silver  a  month. 
L.  3:  nadie,  inf.  of  nadii,  completing,  doing  (lit.  putting 
down).  Dullu:  cf.  BA,  I,  509.  namzitum  =  vessel  of  some 
kind  (root  J^T'J),  Mischkrug(  ?).  Cf.  Strassmaier,  Nb,  761,  6 
(namzu  siparri)  and  Peiser,  BV,  p.  287,  1,  II.  (Rev.)  L.  2: 
asar  =  in  case,  if.  L.  3:  ^™®'mtidti  (  ?) :  Is  this  "the  one  who 
knows,"  hence  "expert  workman,"  "craftsman"?  L.  5:  the  full 
expression  is  isten  safari  ilkti  =  have  taken  one  copy  of  the  con- 
tract. Cf.  the  parallel  instance  in  BA,  III,  p.  477,  Bemerkungen. 
For  contract  work  to  metal  workers  see  Luckenbill,  AJSL,  XXIII, 
321  f. 

KCT,  10 

Transliteration:    (Obv.)    'mi-sir  sa   ^Xa-zi -ultu 

muhhi  mi-sir  sa  •" ^sa  md]3el-a-su-u-a *ultu 

muhhi  mi-sir  sa  "" bu 

Translation:    Boundary  of  Nazi from   the  boundary   of 

of  Bel-asua  ....  from  the  boundary  of 

This  tablet  fixes  the  boundary  of  a  piece  of  land  extending 
from  the  property  of  one  man  to  that  of  another.  LI.  2  and  -4: 
the  only  place  in  these  tablets  where  ultu  is  written  ideographi- 
cally  (ta).  For  the  phrase  ultu  muhhi  misir  cf.  Strassmaier, 
Nb,  17,  2.  L.  3:  Bel-astia,  Bel  is  my  physician.  Cf.  Strass- 
maier, Dr,  379,  42. 

ROT,  11 

Transliteration  :  (Obv).  '1  1  /  2  m  a  -  n  a  6  s  i  k  1  u  k  a  s  p  i  s  i  -  m  i  -  s  i  - 
en-numakkuru  ^Nin-ib  ....     ^sa  aiuBlt-za-an-hi  mu-bi  .  .  .  . 

*sa  ina  kata  mXa-nit-tum  ....     ^ en-su-nu  zer-la-  .  .  . 

« turn   dBel  ....     '.  .  .  .  m  .  .  .  . 


Tablets  from  R.  Campbell  Thompson  Collection      199 

Translation:  1  1/2  minas,  6  shekels  of  silver  the  jn-ice  of  the  small 
cattle,  the  propert}"  of  Xin-il)  ....  of  the  city  Bit-zaiihi  .  .  .  which  b}' 
the  hands  of  Tanittmu  ....  their(?) Bel 

The  purchase  of  small  cattle(?)  belonging  to  the  temple  of 
Ninib  is  here  recorded.  L.  2:  si-en-nu  =  si-e-nu(  ?).  The 
context  seems  to  point  to  such  an  interpretation.  L.  3:  Bit- 
zanbi-     Where?     It  was  perhaps  in  a  territory  sacred  to  Ninib. 

ROT,  12  (A  and  B) 

Transliteration:    (Obv.)  '.  .  .  .  2  1/2  nia-na si(?)  .  .  . 

2aiuKutu  sa  '««'Nabu-aheP^-iddiua(-na)  ^mari-su  sa  "Su-la-a 
mar»nE-gi-bi  M-na  kata  ™Zeri-ia  mari-su  sa '"'^^Nergal-ubal- 
lit(-it)    ^mar  "^Sag-di-di  a-na  ka-si-ia(?)  ....  ku     ®i-sa-mu- 

m  a  i  -  n  a  a  -  d  i  u  -  s  u  .  .  .  .  s  u  -  m  a     ' i  k  -  k  a  -  b  a  u  a  r  -  k  i  1  /  3 

ma-na  kaspi  '^a-na  Zeri-ia  id-di-nu-ma  ri-hi-it  "mas-ka-nu 
is-ba-tii  a-di  eli  sa  dup-pi     '°sa  zeri  sa  mahir  u  raas-ka- nu-u 

i-kat-tu-ma      (Rev.)    ^Zeri-ia ma      -'i-na  sa-la-su 

a-na  kaspi  ul  i-na-ad-din     ^a-na  si-ri  k-ti  ul  i-sa-ar-ra-ak    *u 

a-na   ri-e-mu-tu   ul   i-ri-mu      '" hu-bu-ut-ta-tum   a-na 

muhhi      "^ul    i-di-su    ik- a     "Pa-ni    mdBel-etir(-ir) 

«»Kln-zer  mdNergal-usallim  ^mdBel-uballit(-it)  mRin-zer- 
aplu(?)  mRa-nu-nu  ameidaianu  ■'•"Ri-mut- Bel(?)  mNa-di-nii-u 
'"<^Nabu-iddina(-na)(?)  mdXabu-na'id(?)  sar  Babiliki 

9k  an 

12(B):  Top  edge,        i-na  3-su.  Right  edge,  i-na  3-su, 

Bottom  edge,  2  2/3  ma-na  kaspi  Left  edge,  2  2/3ma-na  kaspi 
a-di  kabti  ...  .  a-di  kabti 

10  m  a  -  u  a  10  m  a-na 

Translation:     ....  2  1/2   minas     city  Kutha  of  Nabft- 

ahe-iddina  the  son  of  Sula  the  son  of  Egibi  through  Zeriya  the  son  of 

Nergal-uballit  the  son  of  Sagdidi  for  maintenance(?) They  shall 

agree  on  until and  after  1/3  miua  of  silver  to  Zeriya 

they  have  paid  and  the  rest  of  the  pledge  they  have  taken  according  to 
the  tablet  from  the  seed  which  has  been  received,  then  they  will  have 

completed  the  pledge.     Zeriya in  three  (payments)  for 

the  silver  he  shall  not  pay;  for  a  gift  he  shall  not  give  it,  and  for  a  favor 

he  shall  not  remit  it  ......  a  loan  to they  shall  not  renew 

Before  Bel-etir,  Kin-zer,  Xergal-usallim,  Bel-uballit,  Kin-zer- 

aplu(?),  Banunu,  the  judge,  Rimut-Bel(?),  Nadinu,  Nabu-iddiua(?). 
Nabonidus  king  of  Babylon the  ninth. 

12(B)  (edges):  In  three  payments(?).     2  2/3  minas  of  silver  for 

10  minas. 


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Nabu-ab6-iddina  through  his  agent  Zeriya  has  placed  a  loan 
for  the  purchase  of  food  su[)[)lies(?).  The  loan  is  to  be  i)aid  to 
Zeriya  in  money  and  kind.  L.  2:  Ktitu;  cf.  Strassmaier,  Nh, 
47,  rev.  13.  Nabu-ahe-iddin  a/s  Sula  a/  Egibi  is  well  known  in 
the  reigns  of  Nebuchadrezzar,  Evil-Merodach  and  Nabonidus. 
Cf.  Tallqvist,  xVA^.  L.  5:  ka-si-ia(  ?)  ^maintenance,  root  nC5. 
Cf.  Nb,  2()9,  3,  where  this  meaning  seems  to  be  clear.  L.  6 : 
isamuuia,  present  tense.  L.  7:  ika])a,  the  imperfect  context 
renders  it  uncertain  whether  this  is  a  complete  word  (kebu 
=  speak),  or  only  the  last  part  of  another  word.  L,  9  :  adi  eli 
=  according  to;  cf.  Nb,  17,  3.  L.  10:  ikatuma  =  pay  uj)  in 
full,  completely  satisfy;  root  Tinp .  (Rev.)  L.  2:  the  debtor 
appears  to  be  the  subject  of  inMdin  while  the  creditor  is  the 
subject  of  the  verbs  in  the  next  two  lines.  The  force  of  the  lines 
seems  to  be :  This  is  a  strictly  business  transaction  ;  the  debtor 
is  not  to  pay  his  debt  in  a  succession  of  small  amounts,  nor  shall 
the  creditor  cancel  the  obligation  because  of  a  particular  friend- 
ship for  the  debtor.  L.  5  :  hubuttatum  =  loan  without  interest; 
cf.  Meissner,  Beitrdge  znm  altbabylonischen  Privatrecht,  117, 
and  ZA,  VI,  444.  L.  10  :  the  reading  of  the  king's  name  is 
uncertain.  For  the  duplicate  text  (12,  B)  see  the  comment  on 
RCT,  22.     In  a  salasu  on  the  edge  may  refer  to  three  payments. 

RCT,  13 

Transliteration:   (Obv.)  ' 11 -'....  slmu 

ekli-su  kaspi  ...  ^  .  .  .  gu-ub-ba-af?)  ul  i-si  ...  *.  .  .  mes 

ki-im-tum  ni-su-tum  u  sa-la-tum  .  .  .   (Rev.)  ' amei 

a-si-i  sa  i-ra-ag-gu-  ....  "...  ma  ekli  su-a-tini  ul  na-di-iu 

.  .  .   '.  .  .  ul  ina-hi-ir  '""^1  pa-kir-ra-nu  kaspi 

t  a  -  a  -  a  n . 

Translation  : the  price  of  his  field  (in)  silver  .  .  . 

(?)....  there  is   not (they)  shall  not  complain, 

whatever family,    male   and   female   members   .... 

....  the  physician  who  sliall  complain "•  that  field  is  not 

given is  not  received,"  he  is  a  plaintitf.     The  money  .... 


This   tablet   has   reference   to  complaint    proceedings   against 
the   sale    of    a    tield.      L.   5:    nisutum    u    salatum  ==  male    and 


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female  ;  cf.  Tallqvist,  .VX      (Rev.)  This  is  a  i)ortioii  of  the  ivgu- 
hu-  formula  for  complaint.      Cf.  Tallqvist  under  ""'<^'pakirranu. 

ROT,  14 

Transliteration:  (Obv.)  '  .  .  .  KAK  bi-ri-hu  - .  KAK  bi-ri-hu 
^  .  KAK  l)i-ri-hu  *.  .  .  KAK  bi-ri-hu  ' .  .  .  KAK  bi-ri-feu 
«.  .  .  KAK  bi-ri-hu     "...  KAK  b.i-ri-hu. 

The  text  is  too  fragmentary  to  warrant  any  translation. 

Because  of  the  seven  repetitions  of  these  signs  one  might 
expect  this  fragment  to  be  a  portion  of  a  charm  or  incantation 
text;  biit  it  seems  to  be  rather  a  portion  of  a  syllabary.  Its 
meaning  is  uncertain. 

RCT,  15 

Transliteration:  (Obv.)  ' kaspi[simi]  .  .  .     ^amiitu  gal- 

lat     sa    mSu-    ....       ^mArdi-ia     apil-su     sa    >".    .    .    .      ^apil 

m£pes(-es)-ili(?)  .  •      =*E-sag-ila ''a-na   makkuru  [E- 

sag-ila]  .  .  .    (Rev.)  'am§iniu-kin-nu -apil-su  sa  mdMar- 

duk-  ....      3mdXabu-bu-un-su-tur *apil    ameigangu 

Gula  mBa-  ....    "mTabi-ia  apil  mKa-za(?) mlddin- 

dNabu    apil-su    sa  .  .  .  .  Babili^i  arah «ifiNabti-ua'id 

[sar  Babiliki].     (Side)  aban  kunukku  ^Zeri-ia  ameisa-tam(-mu) 
E-sag-ila. 

Translation  : silver  the  price  of  .  .  .  the  slave  of  Su-  .  .  . 

Ardiya  the  son  of  ...  .  the  son  of  Epes-ili  ....  Esagila for 

the  property  of  Esagila  ....     Witnesses : the  son  of  Marduk 

....  Nabu-bun-sutur  ....  the  son  of  the  priest  of  Gula,  Ba 

Tabiya  the   sou   of   Ka-za(?)   .    .    •   ,   Iddin-Nabu   the   son   of 

Babylon   mouth Nabu-na'id,   king  of   Babylon.      (Side)  Seal 

of  Zeriya  the  store-keeper  of  Esagila. 

A  slave  sale  or  purchase  is  here  recorded.  L.  2  :  one  would 
expect  s^igallat  {Nb,  253,  6) ;  but  cf.  Nh,  082  and  KB,  IV, 
244,  43,  1.  Rev.  1.  3  :  on  the  name  Nabu-biin-stitur  cf.  Tallqvist, 
NN.  Edge,  ^"S' sat  am:  Tallqvist  is  not  sure  of  the  meaning. 
The  sutummu  was  the  storehouse;  cf.  Nb,  648,  12;  168,  2; 
550,  3,  etc.  There  was  not  only  a  royal  storehouse  but  ap- 
parently a  storehouse  for  each  temple.*  The  ^'"^'satam  was 
not  a  judge  {Riclttcr;  cf.  Reiser  in  the  places  cited  in  KB,  in 
the   footnote),   but    the   keeper    of    the   storehouse.     Cf.    Johns, 

*For  iitkUtional  evideuco  of  this  fact  cf.  KB,  IV,  172,  No.  II,  27,  and  224,  No.  II. 


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ADD  (local  governor),  and  especially  Godbey,  Notes  on  Some 
Officials  of  flic  Sdrj/oiiid  Period,  p.  33,  note. 

KCT,  16 

Transliteration: ga-lu-u e(?)-kur-gal 

i     Ea-iddina(-na)    .  .  .  .(?)  se  a-zi-bi(?)-di(?) 

Translation:  .  .  .(?)  .  .  .(?)  .  .  Ea-iddina  .  .  grain  (?)  .  .(?) 

L.  1 :  .  .  .  galnn.  Reading  uncertain;  the  tirst  sign  may 
not  be  ga.  L.  2:  kur  gal  is  sadu  rabu;  when  preceded  by 
the  determinative  for  deity  it  is  Bel.  It  is  not  possible  to  tell 
what  the  first  sign  is;  it  may  be  E(bitu) — but  no  such  temple 
is  known. 

RCT,  17 

Transliteration:  (Obv.)  '.  .  .  .  siklu  kaspi  .  .  .    -.  .  .  .  i-?  ?.  .  . 

.  .  .  sa    >ndgj|inas-zer-ibui  ...      ' ku-tum   ...      *.  .  .  .  9 

.  .  .  .     (Rev.) 'nifiNabti-kudurru-usur     -'sar  BabiliC^i], 

Translation  :  .  .  .  .  shekels  of  silver  .  .  .  .  ? of  Sanias- 

zer-ibni ?  9  .  .  Nebuchadrezzar,  king  of  Baby- 
lon. 

So  little  of  the  tablet  remains  that  it  is  impossible  to  make 
out  its  contents.  It  is  one  of  the  collection,  however,  that  bears 
the  name  of  the  king  under  whom  it  was  dated,  viz.,  Nebuchad- 
rezzar. The  name,  Samas-zer-ibni,  is  known  on  several  con- 
tracts of  the  time  of  Nebuchadrezzar.  Cf.  Tallqvist,  XN,  under 
same. 

RCT,  18 

Transliteration:     (Obv.)    ^2    ma-na    kaspi    si-mi 

- bi(?) ^apil    middiu-    ^'Marduk    sa, 

.  .  .  .  [mlkisa]-a    apil    "iNur-    ^Sanias      * sattu    8-kan 

m'^Nabu-Uc'i'id    sar    mati      ■' an-nu    sa    eli    ki-it    sa 

* turn?  ?    a-ua    muhlii(?)    is-ku-nu-ma      '  "'dBel-ili-su 

e-di-ru      Ma   i-si    Ku-  ....   tuin   a-ua   "^Iddin- 

d]\Iarduk     ''ik-bi  um-ma   kaspi  a-na  e-di-ri-it     '"la  i-si  mNfij-. 

fiSamas    u    '"Zer- (Rev.)    '  ""'«i  inu-kin-nu    ^Mu-ra-nu 

mari-su  sa  '"fiMarduk-sum-ibni  -'apil  "lE-gi-bi  ™fiMarduk- 
zer(?)-ibni?  mar  mMu-ra-nu  ^apil  mE-gi-bi  "id^abft-apil- 
iddin  apil-su  sa  '»<'Nabu-muballit(-it)  ^apil  mfiBel-e-te-ru 
indNabu-ku-.sur-su  apil-su  sa  '^'"Mu-ra-su-u  apil  ^Pap-pa- 
a-a  mLil)-lut  apil-su  sa  ''"'itti-  dMarduk-balatu  apil  mE-gj. 
bi  •"'•Bel-it-tan-uu     "amoi  dup-sar  maru  sa  n^Ikisa-  ^Marduk 


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apil  ™Kalbi-  dNannar  ''Babiliki  arahUlulu  umu  2r,i<an  sattu 
Igkau    9mDa-ri-ia-mus  sar  Babilil^'  sav  matati. 

Translation:   2  minas  of  silver  the  price (officer) 

....  the    son    of    ladin-Marduk  ....  Ilusa   the   son  of   Ntir-Samas 

year  the  eighth  of  Nabonidus  the  king  of  the  h^nd 

which  at  the  end  of     against  (the  same)  they  shall  fix.     Bel- 

ilisu receipt  (payment)   there   is    not.     (So  and  so)(?)  to 

Iddin-Marduk  spoke  as  follows:   "Money  for  the  payment  there  is  not. 

Nur-Samas  and  Zer- Witnesses:  Muranu,  the  son  of  Marduk- 

sum-ibni,  the  son  of  Egibi,  Marduk-Zer(?)-ibni(?),  the  son  of  Muranu,  the 
son  of  Egibi,  Xabu-apil-iddin,  the  son  of  Nabu-muballit,  the  son  of  Bel- 
eteru,  Xabu-kusursu,  the  son  of  Murasu,  the  son  of  Pappaya,  Liblut,  the 
son  of  Itti-Marduk-balatu,  the  son  of  Egibi,  Bel-ittannu,  the  scribe,  the 
son  of  Ikisa-Marduk,  the  son  of  Kalbi-Nannar.  Babylon,  mouth  Uliilu, 
day  the  twenty-fifth,  year  the  eighteenth  of  Darius,  king  of  Baljylon,  king 
of  lands. 

The  obverse  is  too  badly  broken  to  reveal  the  contents  and  the 
nature  of  the  transaction.  There  seems  to  have  been  a  sale  in  the 
time  of  Nabonidus  and  now  in  the  reign  of  Darius  there  is  some 
attempt  at  a  settlement.  For  tablets  of  this  period  cf.  Hilprecht 
and  Clay,  BE,  series  A,  IX  and  X.  (Rev.)  1.  5:  Pappaya;  for 
this  name  cf.  Tallqvist,  NN. 

RCT,  19 

Transliteration:  (Obv.)  ' ' sarruinaeli 

mSapik-zer  -^Capil-su  sa  mDu-um-mu]-ku  apil  mZer-ibniina 
l5^i-it  araijDu-uzu  *.  .  .  .  ma-ua  6  1/3  siklu  kaspi  bit-ka  i-nam- 
din    \  .  .  .  Nabu-it-ti-iaam6iaiuHi-li-ik-ka-a    ^  .  .  .  a-na»nld- 

din-dNabuapil-susamBu-na-nu  apil'nLi'ea     ' mlddin- 

Nabua-namSakin- dNabui-sal-lim  -.  .  .  id-di-nu  u  mSapik- 
zer  apil-su  sa  mDu-um-mu-ku  ''apil(?)  mZer-ibni  apil-su  sa 
mSil-la-a    apil    am^irab-bani     ....      '"tu   sa   mdNabti-it-ti-ia 

am'eigal-la    (Rev.;  badly  broken)  ' i-sal-lim    -.  .  .  . 

....  i-sal-lim  id -di-nu     ' apil -su-sa  mdBel-ahepl-id- 

din      * -musallim    apil  mdSiu-balatu-A-si     \  .  .  ahepl  . 

niusallim E-babbara(-ra)     \  .  .  .    '"»>Na-na-a  .  •  •  -^  •  • 

mJddina-'iBel     ".  .  .  .  ^Marduk  apil   am^isangu*  ^Adad   mdga- 

mas-zer-ikisa      ' apil   "'•iSin-balatu-A-si      ' sa 

mdBel- '".  ...  turn 

Translation: king(?)  against  Sapik-zer 

the  son  of  Dummuku  the  son  of  Zer-iljiii.     At  the  end  of  the  month 

*  Written  e-bae. 


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Du'iizu  ....  iiiiiias  0  1/8  shekels  of  isihcr,  halved,  he  shall  pay  .  .  .  . 

}sabu-itti3a,  the  Cilician     to  Iddiii-Nabu,  the  sou  of 

Buuanu,  the  son  of  Li'6a    Iddiii-Nabfi  to  Sakin-Nabfi  will  make 

good (they)  have  paid  and  Sapik-zer,  the  son  of  Dinnmuku, 

son(?)  of  Zer-ibni,  the  son  of  Silla,  the  son  of  the  master-builder     .... 

of  Nabu-ittiya  the  slave.     (Rev.) (he)  will  make  good     

(he)  will  make  good  (the  debt)  paying  (it)     the  son  of  Bel-ahe- 

iddin     -nmsallim,  the  son  of  Sin-balatu-A-si     ....  -ahe-musal- 

lim Ebal)]«ua      ....  Nana Iddin-Bel -Mar- 

duk,  the  son  of  the  priest  of  Adad,  Samas-zer-ikisa     the  son 

of  Sin-balatu-A-si     ...  of  Bel 

Sapik-zer  for  a  loan  or  a  debt  owes  some  silver.  L.  4:  bitka; 
cf.  BA,  I,  516,  note  2,  and  Peiser,  BV,  229.  L  5:  ameiaiujji. 
likaia=Cilician.  For  the  so-called  gentilic  ending  cf.  Delitzsch, 
Assijrische  Grammatik,  pp.  55  f.  For  Hilakku  see  Delitzsch, 
Wn  lof/  (las  Paradics,  pp.  245,  249,  288.  L.  10:  «"»^irab-bani 
=  chief  architect.  (Rev.)  1.  2:  for  the  writing  ittiru  cf.  Xh, 
350,  17,  and  764,  18.  L.  7:  E-BAR:=sangu.  Cf.  BA,  I,  p.  279, 
where  Jeremias  reads  e-mas  ;  this  reading  is  shown  to  be  incorrect 
by  Scheil,  Bee.  Trav.  XVIII,  33,  No.  XII,  face  ii,  3,  where  the 
word  is  written  phonetically  e-ba-ar.  LI.  4  and  8:  Sin-balatu- 
a-si.      It  is  difficult  to  tell  what  the  reading  of  a-si  should  be. 

RCT,  20(A) 
Transliteration:    (Obv.)  '.  .  .  ma-na  .  .  .  siklu  kaspi  bit-ka(?) 

-.  .  .  nu    sa  "^Mu-se-zib-tum    apil    »'Nviru(ru)-ra-am(?) 

ina  muhhi  ^'mgi-ig-ku  apil-su  sa  "nlddin-apli  mar  '»E-gi-bi  .... 
*fMu-se-zib-tiim  u  ^Na-ru-u  am6]ia.(mu)-ta-ni-su  ....     ^el(?)- 

tum  sa  ^Mu-se-zib-tum  a-na  sum  middin-apli  ad- ^  .  . 

.  .  .  tum  u  el-tum  sa  ^Na-ru-u  "a-na  sum  sa  ">Si-is-ku  sat-ra- 
tum  mas-ka-nu  sa  n^Mu-se-zib-ftum)  'i-di  an^^^a-me-lut-tum 
ia-a-nu  hubullu  kaspi  ia-a-nu  '''i '"f'lrfisvi  sa-nam-ma  a-na 
muljhi  i(?)-ra-gam-mu-ma     '"a-na  muhhi  sa  "'Mu-se-zib  kas- 

pa'a  2  ma-na  .  .  .  siklu  kaspi     "mah(?)-ri-tu  sa bit-ka 

ia-(?)-nu     mahir(?)   ....      '- i-tam-ku(?)  ....      (Rev.) 

'"ifiMarduk-na(?)-sir(?)  apil-su  sa  "'Itti-^'iMarduk-balatu    ^i-na 

hu-ud     lib-bi-su     a-na ■*....  la-su    a-na    la-ma-a-du 

ameijim-u-tu    ^'"Itti-ia u  3  arhoi'i-a-na      ^'"Gu-za- 

nu  maru  sa  ™|Ja-am-ba-ku  mar"""'i tu    'id-din  :*'n^'niu- 

u-tu   dul-hi  .  .  .  na-su   ga  ....     'ki-i   ul-tam-mi-du-su    it-ta- 

ad-din ">''iMarduk-(na)(?)-sir(?)     'a-na  '"Gu-za-nu  i-nam- 

din  ki-i  la  ul-tam -mi-du     ''I  sattu  3  ka   .se-bar   man-da-at  sa 


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'>'Itti-''Marduk-balatu    '""iGu-za-nu  a-na  "itJMaicluk-na-sir(?) 

"niitti-dMarduk-balatu(?)    isten(ta-a-aii)    sa-ta-ri. 

(Top  edge)  sattu  I^an,  etc.  (Right  edge)  sattu  Ikan,  etc.  (Bottom 
edge)  kaspa'a(?),  etc.     (Left  edge)  kaspa'a(?),  etc. 

Translation:    .   .   .   minas  .  .   .  shekels    of    silver,    halved,  .... 
....  of  Musezibtum,  the  son  of  Ntiruram(?)  against  Sisku,  the  son  of 

Iddin-apli,  the  sou  of  Egibi Musezibtum  and  Narft,  his  female 

slaves  ....  The  contract(?)  of  Musezibtum  in  the  name  of  Iddin-apli 

and  the  contract(?)  of  Naiu  in  the  name  of  Sisku 

is  written,  as  a  pledge  of  Musezibtum.  A  mortgage  on  the  slaves  there 
is  not;  interest  on  the  money  theie  shall  not  be.  Another  creditor  shall 
make  his  claim  therefor  and  because  of  the  fact  that  Musezib  the  money, 

2  minas  .  .  .  shekels  of  silver,  formerly  (?) received  .  .     (Rev.) 

Marduk-nasir(?),  the  son  of  Itti-Marduk-balatu,  willingly  to 

....  for  teaching.     The  servant  Ittiya and  3  months  to 

Guzanu  the  son  of  IJambaku,  the  son  of  the he  gave;  the  servant 

the  work If  he  teaches  him  he  shall  pay Marduk- 

nasir(?)  to  Guzanu  will  pay;  (but)  if  he  does  not  teach  him  for  each  year 

3  ka  of  grain,  the  tribute  of  Itti-Marduk-balatu,  Guzanu  to  Marduk- 
nasir(?)  (shall  pay).  Itti-Marduk-balatu  one  copy  (shall  take).  (Top 
edge)  First  year.  (Right  edgej  First  year.  (Bottom  edge)  Silver,  etc. 
(Left  edge)  Silver,  etc. 

This  tablet  deals  with  the  sale  of  two  female  slaves,  Musezib- 
tum and  Narti.  The  owner  bears  the  name  Musezibtum  (11. 2  and  7 ) 
and  sells  to  Sisku.  It  seems  that  one  of  these  slaves,  Musezibtum, 
is  deeded  over  to  the  father  of  Sisku,  viz.,  Iddin-apli.  The  transac- 
tion calls  for  "no  mortgage  and  no  interest  on  the  money."  The 
reverse,  however,  deals  with  a  different  case.  Marduk-nasir(  ?),  the 
son  of  Itti-Marduk-balatu,  is  apprenticed  to  Guzanu  to  learn  a  trade. 
In  case  he  learns  the  trade  Guzanu  will  be  remunerated ;  but  if 
he  does  not  learn  it  then  Guzanu  must  pay  the  father  3  ka  of 
grain  a  year.  There  is  a  duplicate  of  this  tablet  (20  B),  whose 
reverse  is  badly  broken  but  seems  to  contain  the  list  of  witnesses 
to  the  obverse,  which  is  the  same  as  the  obverse  of  20  A.  For 
further  discussion  see  notes  on  RCT,  22.  L.  2:  the  name  Ntlru 
(-ru)-ram  may  not  be  read  correctly.  L.  4:  ^'^^^  lamutanisu; 
cf.  BA,  I,  497,  and  especially  the  note  on  the  use  of  the  word  in 
Tallqvist,  NN.  el- turn  probably  means  contract ;  cf.  Lex.  L.  7 : 
satratum  is  pm.  L.  8:  idi;  cf.  BA,  I,  517.  amelutum  is  an 
abstract  collective  noun  {Menschheit).      (Rev.)  1.  3:  '^•"^'MU-utu 


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denotes  some  kind  of  service;  cf.  Nb,  336,  4  and  780,  4.  L.  0: 
cf.  BA,  I,  p.  509.  L.  7:  ki-i^^^in  case,  ultammidu  is  IIIj 
(ustalmid— :ultaimid  =  ultammid).  Cf.  Dt4itzsch,  AG^,  128. 
L.  9:  se-bar;  cf.  5.4,  I,  515.     L.  11:   cf.  BA,  III,  466,  No.  15; 

477,  No.  27 ;  and  Nb,  760,  25. 

RCT,  21 

Transliteration:  (Obv.)  '  m^iMarduk-iklsa-an-ui  ^n^^'sa-na- 
nu-u  sa  aluSa-ha-ri-nu  apil-su  sa  "^Ardi-ia-a  -nis  '^Bel 
f'Nabvi  u  '"Da-ri-ia-mus  sarri  a-na  '"''Nabu-aheP'-bul-lit 
'niari-su  sa  "»Itti-  Marduk-balatu  mar  "^E-gi-bi  it  te-me 
'a-ki-i  a-di-i   umu   26kan  g^  arah  Simanu  sa  sattu  14kan  mDa- 

ri-ia-mus    ^sar  Ba])iliki ri(?)  ....  tum(?)  .  .  .  ma   a-na 

as(?)  ....  ka(?)  ^sa  aii  Babiliki umu  13(?)kan  arah  Xisaunu 

sa     sattu    14kan       '  mDa-ri-ia-mus    sarri  ....  mu-ti  .   .   .   .  su 

e-na-uu       Mk-ba-a     um-ma ab-kam-ma(?)a-na 

''"dNabu-aheP^-bul-lit u     ha(?)   .    .   ar(?)   ....   as-su 

•" u    .  .  ta(?)-an-na'am6i   ir-ru-u-tu     " mdXabti- 

ahePM)ul-lit nu    (Rev.)'.   .    .    .   ar e-si-sib(?) 

.  .  .  ma   a-na   "i^^Nabu-ahe-bul-lit     - '"f'Marduk-ikisa- 

an-ui  iua  Bel  sarri  it-te-me  ^ki-i  a-na  uu  ....  kab  .  .  .  . 
amei  mu-kin-nu   U-bar  apil-su  sa     ^m'^Marduk-etir   mar  "^ .  .  . 

.  .  .  .  ^Lib-hit    apil-su    sa    "'Zeri-ia     ^apil    "^E-di-ru 

apil-su  sa  '"<^Nabu-zer-iddiu  apil  "^La-a-ba-si  ^mdjifabu- 
iddin  apil-su  sa  "^^Nabu-bul-lit-su  apil-su  sa  '"Iddin- f^Xabft 
'•"Di-di-ia  apil-su  sa  i"La-a-ba-si  «"^Nabu  ....  ha  .  .  . 
**apil-su  sa  ™dBel-iddin  apil  ""Niir-ilani  m.  .  .  .  tum  apil-su 
sa  radjijabfj-ka-sir  'apil"!  amei  pahharu  mcigamas-iddin  apil- 
su  sa  ""Ki-na-a  mar  nitiEa-ua(?)-sir(?)  '"mdAdar-iddin  apil-su 
sa  ™Kal-ba-a  a^ei  sangu  ^Marduk  "'ndBgi.ahe/''-iddin  apil- 
su  sa  'nd]sjabu-KU(?)-lisir  apil  Mu-se-zib-  dXabu(?)  '-mlddin- 
''Bel  apil-su  sa  mSamas-bullit-su  apil  mdXabu-balat-su- 
ik-bi. 

Translation:  Marduk-ikisjinni  the  second  officer  of  Saharin,  the  sou 
of  Ardiya,  in  the  name  of  Bel,  Xabii,  and  Darius,  the  king,  unto  Nabfi- 
ahe-bullit,  the  son  of  Itti-]\Iarduk-l)alatu,  the  son  of  Egibi,  swore  as 
follows :  "  To  the  2()th  da}'  of  the  month  Simanu  of  the  fourteenth  year 

of  Darius  king  of  Babylon to of  the  citj'  Babylon 

....  the  thirteenth  (?)  da}'  of  the  month  Xisannu  of  the  fourteenth  year 

of  Darius  the  king his(?)  ...  at  that  time  he  spoke  as  follows 

?  ...  to  Nabfi-ahe-bullit  ....     (Rev.) to  Nabu-ahe- 

bullit Marduk-ikisauni  by(?)  Bel  (and)  the  king  swore  ac- 
cording to Witnesses :  Ubar,  the  son  of  Marduk-6tir,  the  son 


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of ,  Liblut,  the  son  of  ZeriAa,  the  son  of  Ediru, the 

son  of  Nabft-zer-iddin,  the  son  of  Labasi,  Nabft-iddin,  the  son  of  Nabtl- 
biillit,  the  son  of  Iddin-Xabu,  Didiya,  the  son  of  Lal)ashi,  Nabti-  ...  ha 

....  the  son  of  Bel-iddin,  the  .son  of  Xur-ihtni, the  son  of 

Nal)U-kasir,  the  son  of  the  potter,  Sanias-iddin,  the  son  of  Kina,  the  son 
of  Ea-nasir(?),  Adar-iddin,  the  .son  of  Kalba,  the  priest  of  Marduk, 
Bel-ahe-iddin,  the  son  of  Nabu-KU-lisir,  the  son  of  Musezib-Nabti, 
Iddin-Bel,  the  son  of  Samas-bullitsu,  the  son  of  NabH-balatsu-ikbi. 

Mardnk-ikisanni  takes  an  oath  in  the  name  of  Bel,  Nabti,  and 
the  reigning  king.  Darius,  to  Nabu-ahe-bullit.  The  next  lines 
are  too  mutilated  to  tell  his  words.  L.  1:  ^'"^'sananii  ^the 
second  officer  (administrative).  ^'"Saharinu.  Usually  written 
Salj-ri-in  (Sah-ri-ni,  Sah-ri-in-nu).  L.  2:  the  tirst  sign 
seems  to  be  zi ;  it  is  the  same  zi  that  occurs  so  often  in  the  in- 
cantations— ZI  AN-NA  HE-PA  (in  the  name  of  heaven  be  thou  cursed, 
etc.);  cf.  Thompson,  Devils,  passim.  L.  8:  the  verb  bakamu 
(pluck  out)  does  not  suit  the  context ;  abkamma  is  probably  the 
last  part  of  an  incomplete  word.  L.  10  :  ^"^^irrutu.  Delitzsch 
{HWB)  recognizes  four  forms  of  a  ram  (1'^X)  —  (1)  curse, 
(2)  bind,  (3)  burn,  (4)  tremble;  from  (2)  there  is  a  noun 
formation,  irru  =  fetter,  sling,  rope.  Can  irrtitu  be  a  forma- 
tion from  this?  ^""^Hrrtitu  would  then  probably  be  a  trapper, 
a  slinger.  (Cf.  arru  [if  rr^]  =  Vogelfaenger.)  There  is  no 
context  to  help  determine  the  meaning.  Rev.  1.  9  :  ?'"^'pahharu 
(duk-ka-bur)==  potter.  Cf.  Reiser,  BY,  p.  248  and  Pinches, 
PSBA,  XXIII,  204,  9-10.     Aramaic,  Xnrs. 

RCT,  21  (B,  C,  and  D) 

21,  B:  (upper  edge)  sattu  10,  sattu  10.  etc. ;  (lower  edge)  same  as 
upper  edge.  21.  C  :  (upper  edge)  sattu  10,  sattu  10,  etc.;  (lower  edge) 
'"Kabti-ilani-  dBel  dup-sar.  21,  D:  2  2/3  ma-na  7  siklu(?)  a-di 
kabti  ....  10  ma-na  .  .  .  .;  (right  edge)  i-na  3-su,  etc.  21,  B: 
(upper  and  lower  edges)  tenth  3'ear.  21,  C:  (upper  edge)  tenth  year; 
(lower  edge)   mKabti-ilani-    <iBel(?)    scribe.     21,   D:    (upper  edge) 

2  2/3  minas  7  shekels  (?)  for 10  minas  .  .  .  . ;    (right  edge)  in 

three  payments  ( ?), 

RCT,  22  (A,  B,  C,  D,  E,  F,  G,  H) 

Transliteration:  (Obv.)  'fSik-ku-u  mdjyf j^bu.iftan-nu  ^Lib- 
lu-tu  ameltitum     ^sa  "nltti-  ^Marduk-balatu   maru   sa  mdBel- 


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abe/^'-i(ldiii  iiifir  '"E-j^'i-l)!  'ana  3  1/2  ma-ua  kaspi  a-na  simi 
gam-ru-tu  ina  kati  ^  ""'Na])u-ikisa  mari-su  sa  '"Se-il-li-bi 
mar  i»'f^'al)u  biti  "' ii  '"''Bel-ki-sir  niaru  isa  '"Su-la-a  mar 
mE-gi-bi  '*»>"^ire'u(?)  sa  "'f'Xabti-ikisa  i-bu-ku  u  i-na  lib-bi 
is-tu-ru  'um-ma  2  ina-na  10  siklu  kaspi  sImi  ^Sik-ku-u  u 
'"Lib-lu-(tu)  'm-'Nabft-ikisa  i-lik-ki  1  1/8  ma-na  kaspi  simi 
'"'iNabti-it-tan-nu  "'"dBel-ki-sir  i-lik-ki  ar-ki  m^Bel-ki-sir 
it-ti  '"mdXabti-iklsa  ana  eli  simi  •»c'Na))u-it-tau-uu  (Rev.) 
'it-ti  2  ma-na  10  siklu  ba-ab-ti  3  1/2  uja-na  kaspi  -simi 
fSik-ku-u  ""iNabu-it-tan-nu  u  '"Lib-lu-tu  ''"fiXabu-ikisa  il- 
te-ki  a-di-i  ii-il-tim  sa  simi  gam-ru-tu  ^ '«fiBel-ki-sir  u 
'"dXabu-ikisa  sa  pu-ut  us-ku-tu  ahu-tum  ^  isten  pu-ut 
saui(-i)  na-su-ii  amelmu-kin-nu  "^'^Bel-u-dam-mi-ik  *maru  sa 
'ndBel-ahe/''-iddin  mar  mE-gi-bi  '"<' Bel-ib-ni  mari-su  sa 
''nlddina(-na)-  f>Nabu  mar  a^^'  ba'ru  '"''Nabu-tab-ni-usur 
mari-su  sa  ^™Ri-mu-tu  mar  a>"si  re'u  ™TJlbi-ia  mari-su  sa 
''■"«lSamas-erba(-ba)  mar  am^l  isparu  fiEa  mdNabu-tab-ta-ni- 
usur  ^"ameisangu  mari-su  sa  mKit-ti-ia  mar  amel  isparu  ^Ea 
"Babiliki  arahKislimu  umu  21kan  sattu  B^an, 

(Edges):  22,  A:  (bottom)  mKabti-ilani-  fiBel(?)  dup-sar, 
"»Kabti-ilani-  (iBel(?)  dup-sar.  22,  C:  (bottom)  mBalati-ilani 
....mi  "'  B  a  -  .  .  .  .  a  .  .  .  . ,  i-na  3  -  s  u  i-na  8  -  s  u  i-na  3  -  s  u , 
"1  ati-ilani  .  .  .  .  mi  '"Ba-  .  .  .  .  a  .  .  .  . ;  (left)  i-na  3-su  i-na 
8-su  i-na  3-su  i-na  3-su.  22,  D:  ™Balati-ihini  mZer-lisir,  etc. 
22,  E:  ..?...  na  1  nu(?),  etc.  22,  F :  ?  .  na  1  nu(?),  etc.  22,  G: 
(top)  ka-tim  .  .  .  na  1  nu  ka-tim  .  .  .  na  1  nu;  (right)  ka-tim; 
(bottom)  ka-tim  ka-tim  mBalati-ilani  '"Zer-lisir  ka-tim;  (left) 
.  .  .  na  1  nu.  22,  H :  (top)  '"Marduk-nasir  apil-su  sa;  (right) 
ka-tim;  (l)ottom) ;  (left) 

Translation  :  Sikku,  Xabu-ittannu  and  Liblutu,  the  slave  property 
which  Itti  Marduk-])alatu,  the  .son  of  Bel-ahe-iddin,  the  son  of  Egibi, 
for  3  1/2  minas  of  silver  as  a  complete  price,  through  the  agency  of 
Nabu-ikisa,  the  son  of  Selibi,  the  son  of  the  major  domus  and  Bel-ki.sir, 
the  son  of  Sula,  the  son  of  Egibi,  the  shepherd  of  Nabu-ikisa,  has 
received  and  written  concerning  as  follows:  "2  minas  10  shekels  of 
silver  the  price  of  Sikku  and  Lililutu  Xabii-ikisa  shall  receive,  1  1/8 
minas  of  silver  the  price  of  Nabii-ittannu  Bel-ki.sir  shall  receive.  After 
Belkisir  along  with  Nabft-ikisa,  not  only  the  price  of  Nabft-ittannu  but 
also  2  minas  10  shekels  of  silver  the  rest  of  the  8  1/2  minas  of  silver,  the 
total  price  of  Sikku  Nabii-ittannu  and  Liblfitu,  that  Nabu-ikisa  has 
received  (has  received) — then  for  a  receipt  of  tlu^  full  price  Bel-kisir  and 
Nabft-ikisa,  acting  for  the  priesthood  (?),  stand  security  (one  for  the 
other).     Witnesses :  Bel-udammik,  the  son  of  Bel-alje-iddin,  the  son  of 


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Eg-ibi,  Bel-ibni,  the  sou  of  Iddin-Nabvi,  the  son  of  the  fisher,  Xabtl- 
taljui-usur,  the  sou  of  Riuifttu,  the  sou  of  the  shepherd,  Tabiya,  the  sou 
of  Sauias-erba,  the  sou  of  the  weaver  of  Ea,  Nabu-tabtaui-usur,  the 
priest,  the  son  of  Kittiya  the  son  of  the  weaver  of  Ea.  Babylon  mouth 
Kisliuni  day  the  twenty-first  3'ear  the  fifth. 

(Edges):  22,  A:  (bottom)  Kabti-ilani-Bel  scribe,  Kabti-ih\ni-Bel 
scribe.  22,  C :  (bottom)  Bah\ti-ilaui in  three  pay- 
ments (?),  etc.    Balati-ilaui ;  (left)  in  three  payments  (?).    22,  D : 

Balati-ilani  Zer-lisir. 


Libhit,  Nabu-ittannu,  and  Sikku,  the  slaves  of  Itti-Marduk- 
balatu,  were  purchased  for  3^  minas  of  silver  by  Nabu-ikisa  and 
Bel-kisir,  acting  as  agents,  the  price  of  each  slave  and  its  pur- 
chaser being  specified.  The  two  purchasers  stand  surety  for  each 
other.  L.  4:  ^-"Siabu  blti^majordomus.  Cf.  Clay,  P^,  XIV 
and  XV,  index  of  officials.  L.  (>:  ibuku  is  prt.  from  TTniS<2  = 
receive.  (Rev.)  1.  1:  babti;  cf.  BA,  I,  683,  L.  4:  us-ku-tu; 
cf.  ZA,  I,  421),  and  Meissner,  SeUene  assyrische  Ideogranime, 
3456.  According  to  Prince,  SL,  us  =  man  and  ku  =^ important; 
hence  us-ku  =  important  official.  II  R,  21,  39,  c,  explains  us-ku 
as  kalii  eme-sal.  The  kalti  was  a  priestly  functionary.  In 
Pognon,  Bavicm,  p.  60,  the  ^™^'us-ku  is  mentioned  in  connection 
with  the  ^™^^MAs-MAs  as  sent  to  consecrate  a  canal  —  a  relisrious 
function.  Whatever  the  function  of  the  officer,  there  seems  to 
have  been  an  association  of  them  —  uskutu  ahfitum  (the  readinor 
of  the  latter  may,  however,  be  amelu-ut-tum  instead  of  ahu- 
tum).  LI,  9  and  10:  isparu;  cf,  BA,  I,  496.  There  are  eight 
duplicates  of  this  tablet;  there  are  no  differences  or  variations  in 
the  texts  except  that  22,  H  has  an  erasure  of  the  last  half  of  11,  4 
and  5  of  the  reverse;  but  the  edges  of  the  different  tablets  vary 
considerably  —  in  fact  no  two  are  alike  in  this  respect.  The  same 
head  is  observed  as  the  seal-impression  on  all  of  them  that  have 
seals,  but  there  is  always  a  variation  in  the  number  or  the  position 
of  these  heads.  There  seem  to  be  four  possibilities  of  explana- 
tion in  regard  to  these  duplicates:  (1)  The  tablets  are  forgeries, 
A  careful  examination  of  the  tablets  by  three  very  competent 
Assyriologists  and  judges  of  tablets  has  convinced  them  that  such 
is  not  the  case.      (2)  Duplicates  are  due  to  the  fact  that  each  con- 


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tracting  pfii'ty  took  a  copy  (isten  s atari  ilteki).  But  at  least 
two  difficulties  confront  this  supposition  in  this  case  —  [fi)  there 
would  be  no  demand  for  so  many  copies  and  (6)  they  would  not 
likely  be  found  in  the  same  place.  (3)  Duplicates  are  made  to 
be  deposited  in  the  various  archives  of  the  administrative  and 
judicial  system — as  we  would:  send  a  copy  of  a  document  to  the 
county  clerk,  the  secretary  of  state  of  the  particular  state,  etc. 
But  the  last  argument  (6)  against  (2)  applies  with  striking  force 
here.  (4)  They  are  practice  tablets  copied  by  ap[)rentices  in  some 
office  or  school  for  the  scribes.  There  must  have  been  much 
training  of  this  kind  before  a  scribe  had  mastered  the  art  of  writ- 
ing a  faultless  legal  document.  It  is  such  practice  in  such  a  school 
that  produced  the  duplicates  we  are  considering.  In  the  first 
place  the  same  head  is  impressed  on  the  duplicates  of  12,  18,  20, 
21,  and  22  —  perhaps  the  seal  of  the  scribe  who  was  instructing. 
Furthermore  the  same  inscription  will  be  found  on  different 
tablets,  e.g..  ina  3-su  (12,  B  and  21,  D)  Marduk-nasir  apil-su 
sa(?)  (22,  H  [top]  and  24,  edge),  etc.  Such  marks  may  indi- 
cate some  particular  individual's  work.  When  such  a  well-known 
document  as  Xb,  13  is  found  reproduced  exactly  (24)  except  that 
the  edges  differ  one  is  apt  to  think  of -[practice  work.  The  crown- 
ing evidence  is  furnished  by  20  (A  and  B)  ;  20,  B  is  a  regular 
contract  with  the  business  transaction  on  the  obverse  and  the  list 
of  witnesses  on  the  reverse.  But  20,  A,  with  the  same  obverse 
has  as  its  reverse  what  should  be  the  obverse  of  another  tablet. 
This  is  clearly  practice  work.  That  these  are  practice  tablets 
is  further  indicated  by  the  fact  that  w'hile  dated  (month,  day, 
year,  etc.)  no  king's  name  appears.  The  number  of  duplicates 
of  this  tablet  found  furnishes  the  most  interesting  datum  al)out 
the  collection. 

KCT,  23 

Transliteration:   (Obv.)  ' Intu - 

.  .  .  na-nu Mna "'La-ba-si-''Marduk    *apil- 

su  sa  mfi  Bel-ibni  apil  «*'"f'i  ma-Ui-ra-uu  biti  ^  sag-an-ta 
mdBel- iimf'i  sa-tam-(mu)  ^  s.\g-ki-ta  "^  La-ba-si- 
''Marduk  apil-su  sa  ' '"ciBel-ibui  apil'namei  ma(?)-hi-ra-nu 
biti    ^ku-uni9  ....  ab(?)  .  .  .  tu  .  .  .  .  nam  ....  a])-tum    "ki-i 


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1/3  ma-na  i  siklu  kaspi  pisu(u)   '°uu ^La-ba-si-d  Mar- 

duk      " ameinangaru  .  .  .      '-•am6i(f)    ma(?)-bi(?)- 

ra(?)-nu  apil-su  sa  nidNabti-[ukin(-in)]   "apil  ""Nftr-dPap-suk- 

kal  lua-hir  im-[lnii]     'M-se(?)-is  a-na  simi '^ .  .  .  .  [siklu] 

kaspi (Rev.)  ' siklu   kaspi  ....     - simi 

biti-su  ki-bi  ....  ^ka  ....  ib  ...  .  tu-tum  mBi-ba-  .... 
^apil-su  sa '"<iXabu-ukin(-in)  apil  mNur-dPap-sukkal  ina  kata 
^'"La-ba-si-t'Marduk  apil-su  sa  rndgel-ibui  apil  a»i^inangaru 
*ma-hi-ir  e-tir  'ina  ka-nak-ku  su-a-tim  **Pani  mU-bar  apil- 
su  sa  m^'Nabu- .  .  .  .  apil™  .  .  .  .  ilaui  '^™Iddina(-naj-apli  apil- 
su  sam  Nap-pa-hu  apil  '"Kab-(  ?)-ti-ia     ^"mLa-a-ba-[si] 

apil  middiu-dPap-sukkal    "mdpel -Nabti  apil-su 

a'"^iuangaru     '-'.  .  .  .  -  Nabu apil '"^iNabti-ikisa    '^  .  .  . 

kin za     '* gam 

Tbanslation:     house in 

Labasi-Marduk,  the  son  of  Bel-ibni,  the  son  of  the  pur- 
chaser of  the  house.  The  upper  side  (borders  on)  Bel- the  store- 
keeper, the  lower  side  (borders  on)  Labasi-Marduk,  the  son  of  Bel-ibni, 

the  son  of  the  purchaser  of  the  house.     Instead  of  9 

for  1/2  mina  4  shekels  of  white  silver, Labasi-Marduk 

the  carpenter  .  .  .  the     ?  .  .  .  .  the  son  of  Nabu-ukin,  the 

son  of  Nur-Papsukkal,  has  received  the  price     ..?....  for  the  price 

shekels  of  silver    (Rev.)  ....  shekels  of  silver     

the  price  of  his  house  (?) ?  .  .  .  Biba- the  son  of 

Xabu-ukin,  the  son  of  Nur-Papsukkal  through  Labasi-Marduk,  the  son 
of  Bel-ibni,  the  son  of  the  carpenter,  has  received  and  taken  (the  money). 
By  this  seal.  Before  Ubar,  the  son  of  Nabu-  ....  the  son  of  ...  . 
-ilani,  Iddiua-apli,  the  son  of  Nappahu,  the  son  of  Kab(?)tiya,  Labasi 

the  son  of   Iddin-Papsukkal,  Bel- -Nabti,  the 

son  of  the  carpenter  ....  Nabti- the  son  of  Nabu-ikisa 


The  transaction  involved  is  the  sale  of  a  house.  L.  4:  mahi- 
ranu.  See  Xb,  197,  7;  477,  7;  Nhk,  4,  4;  374,  2.  Cf.  also 
Peiser,  BV,  137,  and  KB,  II,  320-21,  No.  2,  col.  ii,  20.  L.  5: 
SAG-AN-TA=ptitu(m)  elitu;  cf.  Prince,  SL.  L.  6:  sag-ki-ta  = 
ptitu(m)  saplitu;  cf.  ibid.  L.  9:  kaspi  pisu(u)  =white  silver; 
cf.  Lex. 

ROT,  24 

Cf.  Harper,  Assyridii  aiid  Babylonian  Literature,  p.  276,  and 
see  comments  on  RCT,  22. 


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REGISTER  OF  PROPER  NAMES 


Atlar-iddiii 

a/s  Kalba-a     21  Rev.  10. 
Aidi-ia-a    21,  1. 
Ardi-ia 

a/s  ...  .  a/Epes-ili     15,  3. 
Ar-sa-ka-a     2  Rev.  3. 
Ar-tah-sa-as  su     9  edge  2. 

Balat-sii 

a/  E-sag-gil-a-a     7,  4. 
Balat-su-Samas     7,  8. 
Ba-nu-nu     12  Rev.  8. 
Bel-alje-iddin     19  Rev.  8. 

a/s  Nabu-KU-lisir 

a/ Mu-se-zib-Xabu      21    Rev. 
11. 

m/  E-gi-bi    22,  2 ;  22  Rev.  6. 
Bel-a-su-u-a    10,  3. 
Bel-erba    4,  2. 
Bel-e-te-ru     18  Rev.  4. 
Bel:etir     12  Rev.  7. 
■  Bel-ibni    28,4;  23  Rev.  7. 

m/s  Iddina(na)-Xalm    22  Rev.  6. 
Bel-ibni     23,  7. 
Bel-iddin    3,  4. 

a/  Nur-ilani     21  Rev.  8. 
Bel-ili-su    18,  7. 
Bel-it-tau-mi     18  Rev.  6. 
Bel-itti-ia     5,  3. 
Bel-ki-sir    22,  9 ;  22  Rev.  4. 

m/  Sula-a 

m/  E-gi-bi     22,  5. 
Bel-uballit     9  edge  1 ;  12  Rev.  8. 

m/  Nabti-it-tan-nu    9  Rev.  3. 
Bel-u-dam-mi-ik 

m/  Bel-ahe-iddin 

m/  E-gi-bi    22  Rev.  5. 

Bel USUI-    8  Rev.  1. 

Bi-ba-  .... 

a/s  Nabu-ukin 

a/  Nur-Pap-sukkal     23  Rev.  3. 


Dabi-bi     2,  2. 

Da-ri-ia-mus     18  Rev.  9 ;  21,  2 ;  21, 

4;  21,7. 
Di-di-ia 

a/s  La-a-ba-si    21  Rev.  7. 
Du-um-mu-kii 

a/Zer-ibni     10,3;  10,8. 

Ea-iddina(na)     16,  3. 
Ea-ilutu(tu)-ibni      3,   2 ;    3,   9;    3 

Rev.  2. 
Ea-na(?)-sir(?)    21  Rev.  9. 
E-di-ru     21  Rev.  5. 
E-gi-bi     8,  11;    12,  8;    18  Rev.  2; 

18    Rev.   3;    18   Rev.   6;    20,   3; 

21,3;  22,2;  22,5;  22  Rev.  6. 
Epes-ili     15,  4. 
E-sag-gil  ...     6  Rev.  3. 
E-sag-gil-a-a     7,  5. 

Gu-za-nu     20  Rev.  8 ;  20  Rev.  10. 
m/  Ha-am-l)a-ku    20  Rev.  5. 

Hi-il-pu(f) 

m/  Nabu-ku-sur-su     8,  1. 

Iddina(na)-apli 

a/s  Nap-pa-hu 

a/  Kab-ti-ia    23  Rev.  9. 
Iddin-apli 

m/  E-gi-bi    20,  8 ;  20,  5. 
Iddin-Bel     19  Rev.  6. 

a/s  Samas-buUit 

a/  Nabu-balat-su-ik-bi     21   Rev. 
12. 
Iddin-Marduk     18,  8  and  8. 
Iddina(na)-Nabu    22  Rev.  7. 
Iddin-Nabu    19,  7  ;  21  Rev.  6. 

a/s 15  Rev.  6. 

a/s  Bu-na-uu 

a/  Li'ea     19,  6. 


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Tdcliti-Pap-sukkal     28  Rev.  10. 
IkisH-a 

a/  Nftr-Saraas     18,  3. 
Ikisa-Marduk 

a/  Kalbi-Nannar     18  Kev.  7. 
Itti-Marduk-balatu 

a/  E-gi-bi    18  Rev.  6 ;  20  Rev.  1 ; 
20  Rev.  9 ;  21,  3. 

m/  Bel-ahe  iddin 

m/  E-gi-bi    22,  2. 

Kab(  )-ti-ia    23  Rev.  9. 

a/  E-gi-bi    3,  11 
Kal-ba-a    21  Rev.  10. 
Kalbi-Naniiar     18  Rev.  7. 

Ka-za 15  Rev.  5. 

Ki-na-a 

m /  Ea-na(  ?  )-.sir  ( ?)     21  Rev.  9. 
Kiu-zer     12  Rev.  7. 
Kin-zer-aplu     12  Rev.  8. 
Kit-ti-ia    22  Rev.  10. 
Ku-ra-su     7  Rev.  6. 


La-a-ba-si    21  Rev.  5;  21  Rev.  7; 
23  Rev.  10. 

a/s  Balat-su 

a/  E-sag-gil-a-a    7,  4. 
Labasi-Marduk    23,  10. 

a/s  Kab-ti-ia 

a/E-gi-bi    3,  10. 

a/s  Bel-ibni     23,  3;   23,  6;   23 
Rev.  5. 
Lib-lut 

a/s  Itti-Marduk-balatu 

a/  E-gi-bl     18  Rev.  5. 

a/s  Zeri-ia 

a/  E-di-ru    21  Rev.  4. 
Lib-lu-tu    22,  1 ;  22,  7  ;  22  Rev.  2. 


Marduk-etir 
m/  .  .  .'  . 


21,4. 


Marduk-ikisa-au-ui     21  Rev.  2. 

a/s  Ardi-ia     21,  1. 
Marduk-na(?)-.sir(?) 

n/s  Itti-Marduk-balatu    20  Rev. 
1  and  10. 
Ma  rduk-su  m  -ibni 

a/  Balat-su-Samas     7,  3. 

a/  E-gi-bi     18  Rev.  1. 

a/s 7  Rev.  3. 

Marduk-zer(  ?)-ibni(  ?) 

m/  Mu-ra-nu 

a/  E-gi-bi     18  Rev.  2. 
Mu-ra-nu 

a/  E-gi-bi    18  Rev.  2. 

m/s  Marduk-sum-ibni 

a/  E-gi-bi     18  Rev.  1. 
Mu-ra-su-u 

a/  Pap-pa-a-a     18  Rev.  5. 
Mu-se-zib    20,  10. 
Mu-se-zib-Nabu    21  Rev.  11. 
Mu-se-zib-tum 

a/  Nuru-(  ru)-ra-am  ( t)     20,  2  and 
7. 
Mu-se-zib-tum(f)    20,4;  20,5, 

Nabu-balat-su-ik-bi     21  Rev.  12. 
Nabu-bul-lit-su 

a/s  Iddiu-Nabu     21  Rev.  6. 
Nabu-bu-un-su-tur     15  Rev.  3. 
Nabu-ahe-buMit     21,  9 ;  21, 11 ;  21 
Rev.  1. 

m/s  Itti-Marduk-balatu 

m/  E-gi-bi    21,  2. 
Nabu-ahe-iddina(na) 

ni/s  Su-la-a 

m/  E-gi-bi     12,  2. 
Nabu-apil-iddin 

a/s  Nabu-mul)allit(it) 

a/ Bel-e-te-ru     18  Rev.  3. 
Nabxi-iddina(na)     12  Rev.  9. 
Nabu-iddin 

a/s  Nabu-bul-lit-su 

a/s  Iddin-Nabu    21  Rev.  6. 


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Nabft-ikisa  22,  6;  22,  8;  22,  10; 
22  kev.  3;  22  Rev.  4;  23  Rev; 
12. 

m/s  Se-il-li-bi    22,  4. 
Nabu-it-taii-nu    9  Rev.  2;    22,   1. 
22,8;  22,10;  22  Rev.  2. 
m/  Balati    9,  1. 
Nabu-itti-ia    19,  5 ;  19,  10. 
Nabu-ka-sir    21  Rev.  8. 
Nabu-kudunu-iisur     17  Rev.  1. 
Nabu-KU-lisir 

a/  Mu-se-zib-Nabii     21  Rev.  11. 
Nabu-ku-sur-su    8,  2. 
a/s  Mu-ra-su-u 
a/  Pap-pa-a-a    18  Rev  4. 
Nabu-muballit(it) 

a/  Bel-e-te-ru     18  Rev.  3. 
Nabu-mudammik 
a/s  Nabu-taris(is) 
a/  Ea-ilutu(tu)-ibni    3,  9. 
Nabu-na'id     15  Rev.  8;   18,  4;  12 

Rev.  10. 
Nabu-sum-usur     8  Rev.  1. 
Nabu-tab-ni-usur 

m/s  Ri-mu-tu     22  Rev.  7. 
Nabu-ta])-ta-iii-usur 

m/s  Kit-ti-ia    22  Rev.  9. 
Nabu-taris(is) 

a/  Ea-ilutu  (tu)-ibui    3,  9. 
Nabu-ukin(in) 

a/ Nui-Pap-sukkal     23,   12;    23 
Rev.  4. 
Nabu-zer-ibni 

a/  La-a-ba-si    21  Rev.  5. 
Nabu-  .  .  .  ha-  .  .  . 
a/s  Bel-iddin 
a/  Nur-ilani    21  Rev.  7. 
Na-di-nu-u     12  Rev.  9. 
Na-na-a     19  Rev.  6. 
Nap-pa-hu 

a/  Kab-ti-ia    23  Rev.  9. 
Na-ru-u  (f )    20,  4 ;  20,  6. 
Na-zi-  ....     10,  1. 


Nergal-uballit(it) 
m/  Sag-di-di     12,  4. 

Nergal-usallim     12,  7. 

Nur-ilani     21  Rev.  8. 

Nur-Pap-sukkal     23, 13 ;  23  Rev.  4. 

Nur-Samas     18,3;  18,  10.  , 

Nuru(ni)-ra-am(?)    20,  2. 

Nu-ub-ta-a(f) 

m/s  Marduk-sum-ibni 
a/  Balat-su-Samas    7,  2. 

Pap-pa-a-a    18  Rev.  5. 

Ri-mut-Bel     3,  5;  3,  7;  12  Rev.  9. 

a/s 3  Rev.  1. 

Ri-mu-tu     22  Rev.  8. 

Sad-din-nu    7  Rev.  4. 
Sag-di-di.    12,  5. 

Sik-ku-u(f)    22,  1 ;  22,  7  ;  22  Rev.  2. 
Sin-balatu-A-SI     19  Rev.  4  and  8. 
Sil-la-a  "l9,  9. 
Silli-Bel    9  Rev.  4. 
§a-kin-Nabu     19,  7. 
Samas-bullit-su 

a/  Nabu-balat-su-ik-bi    21   Rev. 
12. 
Samas-eiba    22  Rev.  9. 
Samas-iddin 

a/s  Ki-na-a 

a/ Ea-na(?)-sir(?)    21  Rev.  9. 
Samas-zer-ibni     17,  3. 
Saraas-zer-ikisa     19  Rev.  7. 
Sapik-zer 

a/s  Du-um-mu-ku 

a/  Zer-ibui     19,  2 ;  19,  8. 
Se-il-li-bi    22,4. 
Si-is-ku    20,  7 

s/s  Iddina-apli 

a/E-gi-bi    20,3. 
Su-la-a 

m/  E-gi-bi     12,  3;  22,5. 


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Tabi-ia  U-bar 

a/  Ka-za  ....  15  Rev.  5.  a/  .  .  .  .  ilani    23  Rev.  8. 

iii/s  Samas-erba    22  Rev.  8.  U-din-ua-a'     9  Rev.  4. 

Ta-nit-tum 11,4. 

Zer-ibni     19,3;  19,9. 

U-bar  Zeri-ia    12,  8;  12  Rev.  1 ;  15  side  2. 

a/s  Maiduk-etir  a/  E-di-ru     21  Rev.  4. 

m/ 21  Rev.  3.  m/s  Nergal-uballit 

a/s  XabtA  ....  m/  Sag-di-di     12,  4. 


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